mineralogical
"mineralogical" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mineralogical” is uncommon English (frequency #66,096 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,096
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to mineralogy.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mineralogical · mineralogical · English
mineralogical · rank #66,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,096
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mien
Nearest frequency peer: mien (-5 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “mineralogical”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Menominee
Menominee
33,913 corpus weight
- Michell
Michell
33,912 corpus weight
- mien
mien
33,910 corpus weight
- mineralogic…
mineralogical
33,905 corpus weight
- MNH
MNH
33,900 corpus weight
- monotype
monotype
33,897 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mineralogical” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mineralogical |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mineralogical” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mineralogical is uncommon English at frequency #66,096 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relating to mineralogy.".
mineralogical has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From mineralogy + -ical. The correct English form is mineralogical, spelled M-I-N-E-R-A-L-O-G-I-C-A-L.
Definition
- 1Relating to mineralogy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mineralogical appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In recent years, AGeS, the Alliance Geological Service, has offered bounties to private individuals or teams willing to perform mineralogical surveys on the frontier.
Etymology
From mineralogy + -ical.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).